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OECD Family Database www.oecd.org/els/social/family/database. Inaugaral ISCI Conference, Chicago, USA 26-28 June, 2007 Annette Panzera OECD Social Policy Division. Presentation outline. What is the OECD? What do we produce? Structure of the database Some example indicators
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OECD Family Databasewww.oecd.org/els/social/family/database Inaugaral ISCI Conference, Chicago, USA 26-28 June, 2007 Annette Panzera OECD Social Policy Division
Presentation outline • What is the OECD? • What do we produce? • Structure of the database • Some example indicators • Other relevant OECD products • The way ahead • Data gaps, how to fill them? • Other indicators to develop
What is the OECD and what does it do? • The OECD exists to promote policies designed “to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living”. • To identify best practice, the OECD develops indicators focused on internationally comparable datasets which illustrate some vital differences in experience, across countries, over time and across different groups. • Work on social policy at the OECD covers public pensions, social expenditure, tax/benefits systems, child well-being and policies relating to families and children • OECD Family database a new concept to find data relating to families and children in one place
Family database structure • Family composition: • Labour Market Status of Families • Public Policies for Families and Children • Child Outcomes
1.The Structure of Families • Average family size • Fertility rates, childlessness • Marriage and divorce rates
More information – family structure • D’Addio, A-C, and M. Mira d’Ercole (2005), “Trends and determinants of Fertility rates in OECD Countries: the Role of Policies”, OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 27, OECD, Paris (www.oecd.org/els/workingpapers)
2. Labour Market Status of Families • Maternal employment rates by family size and number of children • Gender differences in employment outcomes • Work/family balance (Usual weekly working hours, Family-friendly workplace practices, Time-use)
Female employment rates usually increase with higher educational attainment
Long working hours in some countries impacts upon family life
More information –Policies to help reconcile work and family/ Labour market dynamics
3.Public Policies for Families and Children • Public spending on families(Child support, Spending on families and education) • Child-related leave • Childcare(Enrolments, Financing, Quality)
Enrolment in childcare (for children aged 0 – 3) varies widely across countries
There are large differences in spending patterns on children
Other relevant OECD publications and data – Policies for families Other sources: : • Social Expenditure Database (SOCX 2007), 1980-2003 (including net data for 2003) • Immervoll, H. and D. Barber (2005), “ Can Parents afford to Work? Childcare costs, Tax-benefit policies and work incentives ”, Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers, No. 31, OECD, Paris (www.oecd.org/els/workingpapers).
4.Child Outcomes • Child health(Immunisation, birth weight, infant mortality) • Child poverty • Education/literacy(Attainment by level of education, Fields of study (by gender), Literacy scores) • Societal participation
Child poverty has recently been rising in many countriesPer cent of children in households with incomes below 50% of the median
Educational attainment has risen dramatically in the last 20 years, especially for women
The relationship between parental employment and literacy scoresPISA 2003
The relationship between pre-school attendance and literacy scores (PISA 2003)
Next Steps: • Questionnaire sent out requesting information on: • Living arrangements of children • Parental employment patterns • Take-up of child related leave • OSHC • Other sources of data eg. • PISA 2006 • OECD Income Distribution Study (2007) • OECD Child well-being project • Conception to 3 years • Literature survey of the effect of family structure on child well-being • Distribution of public spending by age of child